Scaring pistol



April 17, 1928. 1,666,579

- F. MLLER ET AL scARING PISTOL Filed June 4, 1927 etor's.- ZM@ y Patented Apr. 17, 1928.

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FRANZ MLLER, 0F ZELLA-MEHLIS, AND MARTIN MORITZ AND ALBIN GERSTEN- BERGER, OF CHEMNITZ, GERMANY.

SCARING PISTOL.

Application filed June 4, 1927, Serial No. 196,556', and in Germany June 8, 1926.

1 This invention refers broadly to scaring or frightening sham pistols, to be. employed both as toys or article of entertainment, as well as a means of frightening outlawsaiid buiglars and for other purposes and itis intended to generally improve the constructionzand to facilitate the manipulation, and increase the reliability of such devices, and to rmake them as much as possible exempt from danger, and to simplify the manufacture thereof. The invention is in particular concerned with scaring pistols with displaceable charging stripv and of the general type constituting an exact imitation of the usual sharp small-caliber-pistols. The particularpobjects of the invention and the d eceptional character of the device and of its ,exterior-shape are accomplished according to'thisV invention by a comparatively simple and advantageous construction and arrangement of the interiorinechanism thereof. Among other important elements this mechanism is particularly distinguished. by, the fact that the tensioning and charging path through which the trigger is moved is less tlianf the space through which the loading stripis caused to movevbetween two shots; and `in view thereof and `of other important objectsv thesaid trigger or the like is co-nnected Ato 'a tensioning lever pivoted thereto and is caused to cooperate with a spring acting pawl or the like adapted to become engaged with the rear part of a shoulder, projection, cam or the like of the cock, so as to tension said cock and to release the same uponV continuing the rotation ofthe lever ieferred to. On the other hand, the trigger or the like, upon Ybeing actuated by a pin or equivalent means is adapted to become engaged .with a cuived surface, cam or the like provided on the conveying or moving lever fortherfeeding pawl or the like which is spring actingly engaging with the recesses of the charging'lor loading strip, so that the said strip upon each operation of the trigger or the like may be displaced through a certain distance of smaller extent than the tensioning distance, while upon the backward movement of the trigger or the like or of the Varresting pawl now out of engagement with the recess of the charging strip, said strip is arrested by the then released cock.

.The invention will be more fully described and its mode of .operation set forthby referenceft'o the' accompanying drawing, showing by way of exemplification a pistol according to this invention in two different forms of embodiment in longitudinal section. Figure l represents one and Figure 2 the other form of the said two embodiments. Figure Bis a front elevational view of Figure l showing the extremity of the barrel. Figure 4- is an illustrative exempliiication of the charging or loading strip seen from below.

In thc upper portion of the piston casing l a preferably cross-sectioiially rectangular passage or channel 2 is provided extending along the entire length of the pistol. This so-called charging or loading-strip tunnel is adapted for the insertion of the charging or loading strip 3 provided with a plurality of cartridge sockets and with a corresponding number of recesses 5, the said strip being retained in position by a feeding' or conveying pawl 6 forced upwards into the tunnel Vby a spring 7 and engageable with one of the depressions or recesses 5. Side by side of the slot-like aperture for the feeding` pawl 6 a smaller opening is provided for the passage of the igniting point or head of the cock V24. Vertically above the tunnel and coin- Vinunicatiiig therewith a bore or port 32 is p rovided for the escape of t-he powder gases and smoke, this port openingont directly into the open air in the exeinplification of Figure 1, while in the exemplitication according to Figure 2 the port 32 terminates in a channel 33 opening` out at the front end of the barrel. In order to prevent the smoke and y'powder gases from escaping at the rear end ofthe tunnel 2, this part is provided with a lid 28 under the influence of the spring 30 and pivoted on the stud 29. In the embodiment according to Figure l a. soc'alled ejector 3l is disposed in the upper port-ion of the 'casing above the chargingstrip tunnel 2, and at the front end ofthe pistol for the expulsionY of the empty shells from the charging strip 3, the said ejector being preferably provided at its front part with asmall notch or groove, so as to facilitate its removal from the casing. The ejector 31 may preferably carry a small bore at its front end. `so as to simulate the imitation of a pistol barrel. Below Athe loading or charging stripA 3. the trigger or the like 9 is provided, adapted to slide in a corresponding guide or bore, and being guided by a rocking lever, the tensioning lever 11 "comes disengaged from'theshoulder or lug V26 of the cock 24 which latter by spring acfulcrumed at 12, the said. tensioning lever being Connected to the trigger 9V by a pin 13. A spring 14 in the lower portion of the pistol casing forces the tensioning lever 11 with the trigger in the forward direction. A substantially T-shaped feeding or conveying lever 15 is connected by pivotal or link connection 8 to the feedingpawl 6 referred to and is itself pivoted on the stud 16. The front end 17 of the lever 15 is provided with curves or cam surfaces 18, 19, adapted to become engagedfwith the projecting pins 10, 13 which are disposed on the trigger 9. The curves or cam surfaces are arranged in such a manner that, in case ofthe withdrawing of the trigger 9 during'l the lirst third of its path the feeding lever 15 is locked while during about the second'thir'd of the path of thetrigger, the feeding lever 15 is moved by the engagement ofthe pin 10 with the curve 18, so that said feeding lever with the feeding pawl 6 becomes adapted to move the loading strip 3 backwards for the distance between two cartridge sockets. During the last third of the trigger movement however, the feeding` lever 15 is arrested in its position, but its forward leg 17 has become engaged with the pawl 6, so that the pawl will thereby securely lock the -loading strip 3. When the order of operations takes place in the opposite direction that is to say, when t-he trigger is moved forward, the second pin 13 thereof becomes engaged with the corresponding curve 19 and Vthereby causes the feeding lever 15 to be moved into its initial position, thereby also causing the feeding pawl 6 to be forced out of a recess 5 and to become engaged with the next recess by the action of a spring 7. The igniting head of the cock 24 retains the loading or charging strip3 in its posit-ion. The pin 13 ofthe trigger or the like 9 is inovably connected to the tensioning lever 11 by means of the tensioning pawl 20 which engagesv a pin 22 on f the lever 11. This pin 22 enters a somewhat elongatedopening of the tensioning pawl 20,A

thereby limiting t-he movement thereof and compelling the pawl to participate in the rocking movement of the lever 11. The spring actuating cock 24 under the influence of the spring 27Vis adaptedto oscillate somewhat on its pivot 25. Upon operating the trigger 9 and withdrawing the same, the tensioning pawl 20, as appears from the drawing, will be caused to be forced against a tooth or a lug or shoulderfon the cock 24, thereby tensioning the cock'and keeping it in this position, until, as a consequence of the rocking movement of the tensioning means the engaging projection oftheV pawl 20 betion is made to strike with its igniting head for instanceV against the percussion cap of the cartridge.

In the reverse movement of the trigger the tensioning pawl 20 avoids the lug or shoulder of the cock 24 and moves past thereof and is forced upwards by the pressure of a small spring 21 acting on the tensioning pawl 20, and thereby assumes its initial position in engagement with the shoulder or projecting lug of the cock 24. In this manner the cock is snappingly projected with its igniting head against the charging or loading strip r3 upon each movement of the trigger 9, the strip being thereby advanced for the distance of'two recesses thereof. The feeding pawl'6 vis disposedv in such a manner that it may be depressed from the outside, so as to allow of the removal of the loading strip 3,

The mainv constituent parts of the pistol, l

particularly the casing, the loading or charging strip and other elements are preferably made of die-casting, so that the pistol may be manufactured with a minimum of manual labor, and vwith comparatively greatl accuracy and at small expense. *Y

It will have to be understood that theinvention is not restricted to the-two particular embodiments herein shown and described merely by way of exemplification, but modilicat-ions and changes may occur within the scope and spirit of the'appended claims.

l. In a scaring pistol inpcombination, a casing, a cartridge carrying loading strip within the casing and movable lengthwise thereof, smoke-,educti'ng meansjin the casing and cooperating with the strip, spring actuated feeding means engageable withthe strip, a spring actuated cock, adapted for sus` engagement with thestrip and with kthe cartridges thereon, a trigger within the casing,

a feeding lever, linked to the feeding means,

a tensioning lever, engageable withv the'cock, link connection of the tensioning lever with the trigger, and cam actuating means on the trigger engageable with lthe feeding lever, and adapted to operate the feeding means and the cock upon 'the movement of the trig-` ger.

2.' In a scaring pistol in combination, a casing, a. cartridge carrying loading carrier within the casing and movable therein, smoke eductingmeans in the casing cooperating with the loading carrier, spring actuated feeding means engageable with the carrier, a spring actuated cock, adapted for engagement with vthevcarrier, a movable trigger upon the casing,a feeding-lever, linked to the feeding means, a tensioning lever, engageable withthe cock, link'connection of the tensioning lever with the trigger, cam actuating operating means on the'trigger engagea-ble with the feeding lever on` opposite sides thereof, and cooperating with the tensioning lever.v

3. Ina scaring piston in combinatioma cartridge carrler, a casing supporting said nov lll

and movable with relation thereto, a substantially barrel-shaped shell-ejector adjacent the cartridge carrier at one end of the casing, a spring actuated cock in the casing engageable with the carrier, and feeding ineans engageable with the carrier, a movable trigger on the casing, an operating lever for the feeding means and tensioning means for the cock, and means on the trigger, engageable with the feeding means and with the tensioning means.

FRANZ MLLER. MARTIN MORITZ. ALBIN GERSTENBERGER. 

